Improvement in combined pencil-cases and calendars



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Combined Penbil case'and Calendar. No. 168,496. Pateqted 0ct..5,1875..

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U ITED STATES PATENT RICHARD HOWLAND, OF FOLKESTONE, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED PENCIL-CASES AND CALENDARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,496, dated October1875; application filed June lti, 1875.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HOWLAND, of Folkestone, in the county ofKent, England, have invented improvements in the combination, ofperpetual calendars with pencilcases, penknives, and other articles ofutility, of Whichthe following is a specification:

The object of my invention is the production of a perpetual calendar oralmanac adapted to be used with pencil-cases, peuknives, pen holders,and other articles of utility, whether of a circular or polygonalsection, thereby affording aready and convenient means of ascertainingdates; and my invention therein consists, first, in forming the twoparts of the calendar with irregular edges where they come in contact;and, second, in the combination and construction of the several partsused to apply the calendar to a pencil-case, or a pencil-case and pen,all as more fully hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I nowproceed to describe the same, in connection with the drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of my device attached to a pencil-case, ora pencil-case and pen. Fig. 2 is a side. elevation of the same, with thecap of the pencil-case partly removed, and the calendar separated. Fig.3 is a separate View of the tube or part of the calendar having the daysof the week impressed thereon, and Fig. 4 is a separate view of thetube, or that part of the calendar carrying the days of the month.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in each figure.

A represents the body of a pencil-case, or a pencil-case containing apencil and pen of a cylindrical form. The numbers of the days of themonth (up to thirty-one) are engraved, impressed, or painted inconsecutive order in parallel rows, and arranged in seven verticalcolumns, beginning with 1 and ending with 31, either on the exterior ofthe pencil-case, or on a sleeve passed over the same, as shown by B,forming a tablet on which the days of the month are represented. On thepencilcase, above the tablets B, is placed a movable tube or collar, 0,on the surface of which the initial letters of the several days of theWeek are engraved, impressed, or painted. The tube or collar 0 enablesthe almanac or calendar to be readily set for one month, such objectsbeing effected by turning the said tube or collar -(J on the first dayof each month, until the initial letter of the day of the week is abovethe number. which indicates the first day of the month, when in the samecolumns will be the succeeding days of the month at intervals of sevendays.

The respective edges of the twd parts of the calendar Where they meetare serrated,

scalloped, or otherwise shaped, as shown by. b, so as to enable the tubeor collar to retain its relative position after being set. Theseserrations must be seven in number-.-that is, seven projections andseven indentations to agree with the columns of figures. The numbers canbe increased, but not diminished. The tube or collar is kept in itsposition by a movable cap, a, on the end of the pencilcase, which may beeither such as is usually provided as a cover for the reservoir ofleads, or may be a cap specially arranged for the purpose.

By a simple modification the action of the parts may be reversed, thetablet being arranged so as to be movable, and the tube or collar fixed.

' In the adaptation of this invention to articles of a polygonalsection, the necessary modifications are of such an obvious nature thatit is not necessary to give any further details or particulars. p

It is manifest that, by an extension of the arrangements hereinbeforementioned, the initial letters-of the names of the months may beemployed in like manner, and in combination with the other series ofletters and figures hereinbefore described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a pencil-case or pen-holder, or like pocket articles, thecombination of a col- OF Icn' lar and a tablet, each having letters orfig- C, and screw-cap a, substantially as described uresthereomand eachhaving a'correspondand shown.

ingly regularly serrated end adapted. to fit RIGHD. HOWLANDL closelytogether Whenever the rotary position Witnesses:

of the collar is changed, substantially as set ALFRED HY. GARDNER,

forth. LEWIS J AS. BROGKMAN,

2. The combination Withthe-peneil-cas-e, 0r Clerks to Messrs. Brockmandb Harrison, Salim pen and pencil-case, A, of the tablets B, collartors, Folkestone.

